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Sub testgroup()
    Dim icadApp As IntelliCAD.Application, icadDoc As IntelliCAD.Document
    Dim iCadLibrary As IntelliCAD.Library

    Set icadApp = GetObject(, "icad.application")
    Set icadDoc = icadApp.ActiveDocument
    Set iCadLibrary = icadApp.Library
 
    Dim myGroup As IntelliCAD.Group
    Set myGroup = icadDoc.Groups.Add("MyGroupName2")
    
'try one - creates an array of "entities" 
    ReDim ssobjs(0 To 8 ) As IntelliCAD.Entity
    For i = 990 To 998
        Set ssobjs(i - 990) = icadDoc.ModelSpace.Item(i)
    Next i
    myGroup.AppendItems ssobjs   ' FAILS HERE

'try two  - creates an array of variants
    ReDim ssobjsvar(0 To 8 ) As Variant
    For i = 990 To 998
        Set ssobjsvar(i - 990) = icadDoc.ModelSpace.Item(i)
    Next i
    myGroup.AppendItems ssobjsvar   'FAILS HERE
    
'try 3 - try single entity
    Dim myobj As IntelliCAD.Entity
    Set myobj = icadDoc.ModelSpace.Item(990)
    myGroup.AppendItems myobj    'FAILS HERE
    
'try 4 - try single item
    myGroup.AppendItems icadDoc.ModelSpace.Item(990)

'try 5 - draw and add line (have also tried by drawing 2 lines and adding each as csv, as an array etc
    dim line1 As Object
    Set line1 = icadDoc.ModelSpace.AddLine(ptLineStart, ptLine1End)   'points defined elsewhere - line is valid
    line1.Update
    myGroup.AppendItems line1   'FAILS HERE

end sub

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Sub Example_AppendItems()
    ' This example creates a group and appends the objects to the group.
    
    Dim groupColl As Groups
    Set groupColl = ActiveDocument.Groups
    
    ' Create a group named "TEST" in current drawing
    Dim testGroup As Group
    Set testGroup = groupColl.Add("TEST")
'    MsgBox "A new group called " & testGroup.Name & " has been added to the Groups collection.", vbInformation, "Groups Example"
    
    ' Iterate through the model space collection.
    ' Collect the objects found into an array of objects to be added to the group.
    ReDim appendObjs(0 To ActiveDocument.ModelSpace.Count - 1) As Entity
    Dim I As Integer
    For I = 0 To ActiveDocument.ModelSpace.Count - 1
        Set appendObjs(I) = ActiveDocument.ModelSpace.Item(I)
    Next
    
    ' Add the array of objects to the group
    testGroup.AppendItems appendObjs
End Sub

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Sub dummy(gr As IntelliCAD.group, icadDoc)
Dim OB(0) As IntelliCAD.Line
Dim apo As New IntelliCAD.point, se As New IntelliCAD.point

'  if there are no members the routine tries to add one
 '  An error occurs, it blocks with "on error resume  next"
  ' then error clearing and you can add anything"

If gr.count > 0 Then Exit Sub
se.X = 1
Set OB(0) = icadDoc.ModelSpace.Addline(apo, se)
OB(0).Update
On Error Resume Next
    gr.AppendItems OB
    If Err Then
        Err.Clear
        gr.AppendItems OB
    End If
    gr.Update
    gr.RemoveItems (OB)
    OB(0).delete
End Sub

Sub testgroup()
    Dim icadApp As IntelliCAD.Application, icadDoc As IntelliCAD.Document
    Dim iCadLibrary As IntelliCAD.Library
    Set icadApp = GetObject(, "icad.application")
    Set icadDoc = icadApp.ActiveDocument
    Set iCadLibrary = icadApp.Library
    Dim myGroup As IntelliCAD.group
    Set myGroup = icadDoc.Groups.Add("MyGroupName2")
    
    ' this is the only solution I could find"
    '  after the first error you can add items
    dummy myGroup, icadDoc


    ReDim ssobjs(0 To 8) As IntelliCAD.Entity
    For i = 990 To 998
        Set ssobjs(i - 990) = icadDoc.ModelSpace.Item(i)
    Next i
    myGroup.AppendItems ssobjs   ' no FAILS HERE

End Sub